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Levine and Turnipseed
Filed under: Imported
Judith Levine's controversial tome about teen sexuality, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex, published by the University of Minnesota Press, was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the general interest category on Saturday. The honor is remarkable given that one of the other finalists was Samantha Powers' Pulitzer Prize winning book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide.
For those with short memories, Levine's book became a political lightning rod when it was published last year for daring to suggest that it's perfectly normal for teenagers to be having sex, that current statutory rape laws are absurd, and that abstinence-only education endangers kids.
Then-state-representative Tim Pawlenty made headlines by calling for an investigation of the University of Minnesota Press for publishing such heretical ideas--even though he hadn't read the book. For more on the controversy see my City Pages cover story.
Paperback Turnipseed
Penguin has purchased the paperback rights to Minneapolis author Joel Turnipseed's Gulf War memoir Baghdad Express. The tentative publication date is November. To read more about Turnipseed see my recent profile. Also worth checking out is Robert Wilonsky's piece on recent Gulf War books in the Dallas Observer. Turnipseed will be reading at Ruminator Books in St. Paul Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.
Posted by Paul Demko at April 28, 2003 2:11 PM
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